Toshiba L40 Series User Manual

User’s Manual

3-7

Getting Started

To enter Hibernation Mode, follow the steps below.
1. Click Start then click the arrow button (

) in the power management 

buttons (

).

2. Select Hibernate from the menu.

The computer can be configured to enter Hibernate Mode automatically 

when you press the power button or close the lid. In order to define these 

settings, you can follow the steps as described below:
1. Click Start and click the Control Panel.
2. Click System and Maintenance and click Power Options.
3. Click either Choose what the Power Button do or Choose what 

closing the lid does.

4. Enable the desired Hibernation Mode settings for When I press the 

power button and When I close the lid.

5. Click the Save Changes button.

When you turn off the power in Hibernation Mode, the computer takes a 

moment to save the current data in memory to the hard disk drive. During 

this time, the Hard Disk Drive indicator will glow.
After you turn off the computer, and the content of memory has been saved 

to the hard disk drive, turn off the power to any peripheral devices.

You may need to restart your computer in such cases as: changes in 

computer settings, and system errors.
There are three (3) ways to restart the computer. You can do either of the 

following steps:

■

Click Start then click the arrow button (

) in the power management 

buttons (

) and select Restart from the menu.

■

Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to display the menu window, then select Restart 

from the Shutdown options.

■

Press the power button and hold it down for five seconds. Once the 

computer has turned itself off, wait between ten and fifteen seconds 

before turning the power on again by pressing the power button.

You can also enable Hibernation Mode by pressing Fn + F4. Refer to 

 for more details.